ChatGPT Prompts that Helped me Unknot Lingering Shadow Work

and how a smack-you-in-the-face sign from Loki led me there

In between work that I stared at blankly, I had errands to do. The checkout lady at Trader Joes asked me something that had me mentioning Matt and our golden retriever. She really wants one one day to be a friend of her current dog, Loki. Sweet I thought, and mumbled something about how golden retrievers are sweet, smart little stinkers with so much personality and love.

The next grocery store had a man come over with a name tag, Loki.

Loki?!

That’s not a name you see often.

What is the universe nudging me towards? I’ve had a tough couple of weeks (months?) and have been seeking and asking the universe, God, and my guides for clarity… this is definitely a sign.

Instantly I google Loki, the trickster God in Norse myth. Do I have a trickster in my life, “no.”

Hmm… what is the lesson here…

I even pulled out my pendulum to get some simple yes, no answers. This isn’t a warning of someone in my life, this is an arrow pointing me to something in me.

Life and work have been filled with me bravely doing things I’ve never done before, and oh-so-much progress, but not the progress that’s really needed. It feels like everyone around me is seeing that amazing success and calling me with something to celebrate (and I am over the moon for them), and here I am left in the dust wondering if I’ve been abandoned by God, what I’m doing wrong, and when will it be my turn. <sigh>

I’m tired, and my inner wounds of invisibility, feeling abandoned, broken, and that there’s something inherently wrong with me are screaming at the top of their lungs. I cheer and I cry often in the same day.

Today was more of a crying day.

I have so much empathy for every heart-centered deep feeling entrepreneur / solo-creator, and executive. This work is not for the faint of heart, every inner wound we avoided is uprooted so we can’t help but be our greatest us.

Prior to this day, I’ve also been shown that although I’ve already done a lot of work to integrate, heal, and embody my deepest femininity (I had been functioning out of my masculine for most of my life as this was who I was taught and programmed to be), there’s more to go here in terms of allowing and trusting flow, magic, faith, allowing (not a type-o), grace, cycles, beauty, and feeling cared for in a way that nourishes me not that’s just easy for others.

So after my rabbit hole only took me so far, I decided to give ChatGPT a go.

Here are the Prompts I used:

• Can you scour the web and see why I'd get a sign of (insert your sign) right now? I'm really struggling with (list what you’re struggling with) and I'm ready for change. What could (insert your sign) be pointing me to to integrate and heal so I can align with the energy of more abundance, ease, success?

It listed out 4 things that this might be signaling and what this could be inviting me towards, which got me thinking. (If you want to know what they are, send me a message, I’m happy to share!)

Denied traits can be positive and shiny or negative and dark depending on the circumstances of your upbringing. So I dug a little deeper with ChatGPT knowing the other themes that have been showing up for me and what I’ve been triggered by lately.

• If I look at positive qualities I've denied in myself because of my upbringing and being bullied by a neighbor and looked at funny by my mom when I shone brightly - (list positive qualities you’ve denied in yourself - you can find these by looking at who you’re jealous of and why). How could (insert your sign) help me embrace those here and in my work?

This is specific for Loki, but Loki is known as a trickster and a manipulator, as I was going through the answers to the previous questions, my intuition tugged on a string, and I realized I have another big denied trait (this one most people judge as bad, and then it just comes out sideways in life).

• Both of my parents were narcissists and master manipulators, in Jungian society I have denied the trait of manipulation so it's coming out sideways in my life (ie I think I'm manipulating when I'm really not, and usually only manipulating myself through self-sabotage and playing small, 🙄). Can you add this in too so I can integrate and use the trait of manipulation in a way that stays true to my values?

Through using these prompts I now have greater awareness and practices to integrate the good of Loki and further healing parts of me I’ve locked up too long.

I’d love to know if you try these prompts and what shadow in your subconscious is making its way known to you because it’s ready to be integrated and set free?

Two things to know before you dive into AI on this:

I believe in signs and see them everywhere, and follow the rabbit hole until I figure out what the universe is trying to nudge me towards and then I act on that nudge.

And — I have done a LOT of training through Reiki and coaching certifications as well as my own reading / listening on energy, frequency, consciousness, Jungian psychology, archetypes, etc. I also have fine-tuned my relationship with my intuition and my body, which means I know when something “lands” and something doesn’t. I’ve scuffed off so much of what gets in the way of me knowing me.

I say this because this exercise is likely not for everyone, but I’m following the nudge to share it here, because AI is a fantastic tool to get us unstuck and connecting things we may not have before as it quickly analyzes data from all the resources available to it.

So if your background and awareness allows, this could also be a great tool for you. Oh, and creepy or not, my AI actually knows me now because I’ve trained it to, so there’s that…

*this post is written by me, a human, not AI

*ChatGPT cannot replace the deeper work and nervous system regulating provided by the presence of a safe space with another human like a trained therapist, healer, or coach. These prompts can help empower you with clarity and do some of the work on your own, the real magic happens when we let another human in and learn it’s safe to lean on someone else again

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